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November 2025

EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Cell biology of the nucleus

This symposium has a virtual attendance option.

Symposium
18 November 2025 — 21 November 2025
Heidelberg, Germany

December 2025

Mitochondria, Ageing, Cancer (MAC) 2025

Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine for Therapy Innovation

Abstract Submission and Registration by the 17th of November 2025 at: mitochondrial-scientific-conference2025@qmul.ac.uk

Conference
3 December 2025 — 5 December 2025
QMUL West Smithfield Campus London, UK

Cell Bio 2025

Join us for Cell Bio 2025, the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO, where the cell biology community gathers to share science, support one another, and spark new ideas.

Conference
6 December 2025 — 10 December 2025
Philadelphia, USA

48th All India Cell Biology Conference and Symposium

With a theme centred on ‘From Cell to Therapeutics’ , the conference highlights the critical role of fundamental biology in driving innovation while reflecting the technological prowess of the organising institute, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Conference Symposium
7 December 2025 — 9 December 2025
15 September 2025
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

January 2026

GRC: Protein Folding Dynamics

Linking Protein Dynamics to Structure, Function, and Evolution

Conference
4 January 2026 — 9 January 2026
7 December 2025
Pomona, California, United States

FASEB: Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease

This inaugural conference on biomolecular condensates will bring together experts in biophysics, structural biology, cellular and molecular biology, and drug discovery to explore cutting-edge advancements and identify key challenges in the field.

Conference
11 January 2026 — 15 January 2026
Melbourne, Florida, USA

In memoriam of Prof Michael P. Sheetz – Forces at play: emerging themes in mechanobiology

This event honours the legacy of Prof. Michael Sheetz, a pioneer in the field of mechanobiology, and will gather leading researchers, students, and innovators to explore the latest advances in cellular mechanics, biophysics, and related disciplines.

Symposium
19 January 2026 — 21 January 2026
Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, Paris France

February 2026

Keystone Symposia: Autophagy: Mechanisms to Therapy

This meeting will explore the roles and mechanisms of autophagy in health and disease contexts, addressing key knowledge gaps regarding its regulation and therapeutic potential.

Symposium
2 February 2026 — 5 February 2026
Keystone, CO, USA

Keystone Symposia: Membrane Dynamics, Repair and Disease

This inaugural conference will assemble experts and newcomers to the field, to discuss the exciting insights into both the cell biology and mechanisms of membrane repair, as well as emerging disease implications in Parkinson’s Disease and many others.

Symposium
2 February 2026 — 5 February 2026
Keystone, CO, USA

SBCF Symposium on the Cell Biology of Eukaryogenesis, and beyond!

After the success of previous “Cell Biology of…” editions, the French Society for Cell Biology will confront the central issue: the origin of the eukaryotic cell. Save the date! you won’t want to miss it.

Symposium
3 February 2026
20 December 2026
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Keystone Symposia: Mitochondria Signaling in Physiology and Disease

This meeting will explore signaling pathways, examining mechanisms of how mitochondrial DNA, metabolites, and ROS play central roles in epigenetic regulation, stress responses, inflammation, and aging.

Symposium
9 February 2026 — 12 February 2026
Keystone, CO, USA

EMBO Workshop: Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology

With this Workshop, we aim to unite mechanobiologists and phase separation experts to exchange emerging ideas, share techniques, and foster collaborations, thereby advancing our understanding of intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology in health and disease.

Workshop
16 February 2026 — 20 February 2026
Barcelona, Spain

The Company of Biologists Workshop – Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales

This Workshop will showcase and bring together interdisciplinary researchers utilising imaging across different spatial levels in plants. It aims to forge links across these differing imaging areas to increase our holistic understanding of plant physiology.

 

 

 

Workshop
22 February 2026 — 25 February 2026
5 September 2025
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

Keystone Symposia: The Ubiquitin Family in Biology and Disease

This meeting will unite researchers studying ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins with those developing therapeutic applications targeting these pathways.

Symposium
23 February 2026 — 26 February 2026
Banff, AB, Canada

March 2026

GRC: Lymphatics

Exploring Lymphatic Vascular Functions in Health and Disease

Conference
1 March 2026 — 6 March 2026
1 February 2026
Lucca, Italy

GRC: Autophagy in Stress, Development and Disease

Understanding and Harnessing Autophagy in Health and Disease

Conference
15 March 2026 — 20 March 2026
Ventura, California

EMBO | EMBL Symposium The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe

This cross-disciplinary meeting picks up where the well-received first edition in 2023 left off and will bring together scientists using cellular, molecular, ecological, physiological, and theory-based approaches to explore the evolution of intimate species-species interactions.

Symposium
17 March 2026 — 20 March 2026
Heidelberg, Germany and Virtual

GRC: Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology

Molecular Codes of Cell Identity and Recognition

Conference
22 March 2026 — 27 March 2026
Lucca, Italy

April 2026

EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop: Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal homeostasis and repair

This meeting will create an interactive environment where biologists and biophysicists can discuss and share concepts and techniques to tackle the same problems.

Workshop
6 April 2026 — 10 April 2026
20 December 2025
Haining, China

EMBO Workshop: Structure and Function of the Cytoskeleton

The Workshop offers a unique opportunity for scientists to collaboratively push the boundaries of cytoskeleton research and explore the field’s diverse facets. The aim of this meeting is to maximize cross-disciplinary dialogue and the exchange of novel ideas.

Workshop
7 April 2026 — 10 April 2026
20 December 2025
Paris, France

2026 National Academic Conference of the Chinese Society for Cell Biology, the 10th Asia Pacific Cell Biology Conference and the 16th International Union of Cell Biology Conference

In order to promote exchanges and cooperation among researchers in the field of cell biology and advance the development of the cell biology discipline, a joint meeting between the CSCB, ICCB & APOCB will be held in Hefei, Anhui Province.

Conference
8 April 2026 — 12 April 2026
Hefei, Anhui Province, China

Mitotic Spindle: From Living and Synthetic Systems to Theory

This conference will focus on the biomechanics of the mitotic and meiotic spindle in a range of biological contexts, across the evolutionary tree, and in both health and disease, including cancer.

Conference
12 April 2026 — 15 April 2026
Dubrovnik, Croatia

EMBO Practical Course – Ultrastructure expansion microscopy: from cells to tissue

This course is centred on the U-ExM based techniques applied to mammalian cells aims at disseminating and discussing expansion microscopy protocols and is intended for cell biologists, parasitologists, etc, with applications ranging from tissue to cells.

Course
20 April 2026 — 24 April 2026
12 January 2026
Heidelberg, Germany

2026 Lake Conference: Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues

Join the Allen Institute for Cell Science and Circuit Neuroscience Basel in Seattle, Washington, April 20–22, 2026, for a 3 day conference, Modeling Life from Cells to Tissues: Coordination and Robustness, exploring how tissues self-organize from the collective behavior of individual cells

Conference
20 April 2026 — 22 April 2026
12 December 2025
Allen Institute, Seattle, USA

Dynamic Cell VI

The scientific remit of this conference is broad, but with a focus on cell dynamics it is intended to stimulate the development of collaborative approaches, sharing of new conceptual breakthroughs and the application of new technologies to established fields.

Conference
21 April 2026 — 24 April 2026
Reading, UK

CSHL: Protein Homeostasis in Health and Disease

Groundbreaking work – on molecular chaperones, the UPR, stress responses, and how they are implicated in disease – has first been presented at this meeting over the past three decades. The 2026 meeting provides an opportunity to showcase the latest research.

Conference
21 April 2026 — 25 April 2026
30 January 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

The Company of Biologists Workshop: Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals

With a focus on unifying concepts rather than specific research areas, the Workshop will provide a unique forum to take stock of the rapidly expanding space of metabolic possibilities and define important questions for future research.

Workshop
26 April 2026 — 29 April 2026
24 October 2025
Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

CSHL: Genome Organization & Nuclear Function

The specific goal of this meeting is to bring together cellular and molecular biologists to discuss recent advances in the spatial and temporal aspects of nuclear structure/function.

Conference
28 April 2026 — 2 May 2026
6 February 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

May 2026

Journal of Cell Science – Imaging Cell Dynamics

This meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together experts working at the interface between cell biology and imaging, with a focus on researchers who use advanced light and electron microscopy approaches, and novel image analysis tools.

Conference
11 May 2026 — 14 May 2026
Montanyà Hotel, Catalonia, Spain

Biophysical immunoengineering: from insight to clinical application

Discussion meeting organised by Dr Iain Dunlop and Professor Daniel M Davis FMedSci.

Other
11 May 2026 — 12 May 2026
The Royal Society, London, UK

Society for Cell Biology Singapore Annual Conference 2026

Topics
Biophysics & Mechanobiology | Cell & Tissue Morphogenesis, Dynamics & Architecture | Cellular Organelles in Health & Disease | Nuclear Regulation & Signalling | Organoids as Model of Cell Biology & Diseases

Conference
14 May 2026 — 15 May 2026
Singapore

GRC: Cell Death

Cell Death: Mechanisms, Pathways and Therapeutic Innovations

Conference
17 May 2026 — 22 May 2026
Vaud, Switzerland

EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Cellular mechanisms driven by phase separation

This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scientists from diverse fields to foster new discoveries and discuss emerging principles in condensate biology.

Symposium
19 May 2026 — 22 May 2026
Heidelberg, Germany and Virtual

Mechanochemical Signals at Cellular Interfaces

This three-day meeting will foster interdisciplinary exchange and networking by bringing together leading scientists in the fields of cell and developmental biology, mechanobiology, biophysics, and multiscale imaging

Conference
27 May 2026 — 29 May 2026
Münster, Germany

June 2026

FASEB: Protein Folding in the Cell

This year’s program will focus on the latest developments regarding how the native conformations of cellular and secreted proteins are achieved and maintained. 01/06/2026

Conference
1 June 2026 — 4 June 2026
Louisville, KY, USA

GRC: Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions

Parasite Interactions in Insect and Vertebrate Hosts that Drive Transmission, Infection, and Disease

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

GRC: Calcium Signaling

Expanding the Calcium Signaling Toolkit Across Time and Space

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
10 May 2026
Maine, USA

GRC: Cell Biology of the Neuron

Emerging Themes in Neuronal Structure, Function and Homeostasis in Physiological and Pathological Conditions

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
10 May 2026
Lucca, Italy

GRC: Marine Microbes

Decoding the Marine Microbial World: Currencies, Interactions and Environmental Controls

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
10 May 2026
Barcelona, Spain

GRC: Meiosis

Meiotic Mechanisms: Evolutionary Embellishment of a Conserved Process

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
10 May 2026
New London, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Signaling by Adhesion Receptors

Adhesion and Polarity Convergence Across Scales

Conference
7 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
10 May 2026
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

EMBO | EMBL Symposium – Mechanobiology across the tree of life

Our goal is to inspire, catalyse, and foster collaborations across diverse communities to reach a comprehensive understanding of mechanobiology across kingdoms, integrating cell wall, actin and membrane biochemistry and biophysics with cell mechanics.

Symposium
9 June 2026 — 12 June 2026
Heidelberg, Germany and Virtual

GRC: Lysosomes and Endocytosis

Endosomes and Lysosomes in Action Across Cells, Tissues and Disease States

Conference
14 June 2026 — 19 June 2026
17 May 2026
Andover, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Membrane Transport Proteins

Membrane Transporters and the Gateway to Health & Disease

Conference
14 June 2026 — 19 June 2026
17 May 2026
Lucca, Italy

GRC: Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks

Novel Insights and Methods Illuminating G Protein and Kinase Signaling Pathways in Health and Disease

Conference
14 June 2026 — 19 June 2026
17 May 2026
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy

Extending the Reach of CryoEM: New Technologies for Determining Structures and Looking Deeper Into Cells

Conference
14 June 2026 — 19 June 2026
17 May 2026
Barcelona, Spain

GRC: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology

Evolutionary Perspectives of Metabolic, Cellular and Genomic Diversity in Fungi

Conference
21 June 2026 — 26 June 3036
24 May 2026
Holderness, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Intermediate Filaments

Connecting Structure, Assembly, and Phase Separation to Disease

Conference
21 June 2026 — 26 June 2026
24 May 2026
Barcelona, Spain

GRC: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Linking Sequence to Disordered Protein Function

Conference
21 June 2026 — 26 June 2026
24 May 2026
Vaud (fr), Switzerland

FASEB: Dynamics and Encoding in Cell Signaling

This year’s program will review findings on the spatiotemporal aspects of cell communication and quantitative understanding of how information is sent and how its processing occurs.

Conference
21 June 2026 — 25 June 2026
Nashville, Tennesse, USA

EMBO Practical Course – Quantitative Electron Microscopy for Cell Biology

The goal of this EMBO Practical Course is to guide participants from established methods of specimen preparation to novel and technically advanced approaches, including high-pressure freezing/freeze substitution, cryo-ultramicrotomy, and on-section immuno-gold labelling.

Course
22 June 2026 — 2 July 2026
8 February 2026
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

CSHL: Cell Modeling in Space and Time

The specific goal of the meeting is to foster creative and fruitful interactions between experimental cell biologists, computational cell biologists and mathematical modelers who have common interests in understanding cellular processes.

Conference
22 June 2026 — 24 June 2026
3 April 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

FASEB: Regulation and Function of Small GTPases

This year’s program is focused on small monomeric GTPases, which comprise one of the largest families of signaling molecules in biology.

Conference
22 June 2026 — 24 June 2026
Melbourne, Florida, USA

UK Cellular Microbiology Network

The UK Cellular microbiology network meetings were started in 2019 and aim to be a must-attend for anyone working on host-pathogen interactions.

Conference
22 June 2026 — 23 June 2026
Queen's University Belfast, UK

95th Harden Conference: Linking Golgi trafficking and glycan function

This meeting, building on from previous meetings “From Golgi organization to Glycan function” and “Trafficking and glycosylation at the Golgi apparatus”, aims to unite these two communities to learn from each other and spawn new ideas and collaborations.

Conference
23 June 2026 — 26 June 2026
Blackburn, UK

GRC: Bacterial Cell Surfaces

Bacterial Envelope Biogenesis: Mechanisms and Regulation

Conference
28 June 2026 — 3 July 2026
31 May 2026
Portland, Maine, USA

July 2026

50th FEBS Congress

The slogan for this Congress – “Biochemistry for the next 50 years” – reflects our forward-looking vision.

Conference
4 July 2026 — 8 July 2026
Maastricht, the Netherlands

GRC: Cytoskeletal Motors

Powering Molecular and Cellular Dynamics

Conference
12 July 2026 — 17 July 2026
14 June 2026
Portland, Maine, USA

GRC: Ion Channels

Ion Channels Across Scales Bridging Molecular Events to Physiological Outcomes

Conference
12 July 2026 — 17 July 2026
14 June 2026
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

FASEB: Cell Signaling in Cancer

This year’s program will focus on the basic mechanisms of signal transduction, how these go awry in cancer treatment, and the translation of these insights into the development of new therapies.

Conference
13 July 2026 — 15 July 2026
Louisville, KY, USA

GRC: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

Energy-Transducing Organelles at the Nexus of Evolutionary Biology and Synthetic Engineering

Conference
19 July 2026 — 24 July 2026
21 June 2026
Newry, Maine,, USA

GRC: Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

Tools and Concepts to Illuminate and Integrate Brain Development, Circuit Function, and Neurologic Disease

Conference
19 July 2026 — 24 July 2026
21 June 2026
Lucca, Italy

GRC: Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation

Biological Mechanisms and Applications of RNA

Conference
19 July 2026 — 24 July 2026
21 June 2026
Portland, Maine, USA

GRC: Protein Processing, Trafficking and Secretion

Basic Mechanisms to Biomedical Implications of Protein Trafficking

Conference
19 July 2026 — 24 July 2026
21 June 2026
Lewiston, Maine, USA

FASEB conference – Lipid Droplets: From Mechanisms to Disease

This 10th conference on Lipid Droplets is the premier forum for the latest discoveries in this unique field, fostering collaboration and inspiring innovation among scientists at all career stages.

Conference
26 July 2026 — 30 July 2026
Scottsdale, AZ, USA

GRC: Centromere Biology

Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms with Implications for Development and Disease

Conference
26 July 2026 — 31 July 2026
28 June 2026
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Multiscale Mechanochemistry and Mechanobiology

Mechanics that Shape Matter and Life

Conference
26 July 2026 — 31 July 2026
28 June 2026
Lewiston, Maine, USA

August 2026

GRC: Extracellular Vesicles

Modes and Mechanisms of Action of Extracellular Vesicles

Conference
9 August 2026 — 14 August 2026
12 July 2026
Barcelona, Spain

GRC: Mammalian Reproduction

Molec09ular Mechanisms and Systemic Impacts in Mammalian Reproduction

Conference
9 August 2026 — 14 August 2026
12 July 2026
Newry, Maine, USA

GRC: Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton

Bridging Concepts and Approaches Across Organismal Diversity

Conference
9 August 2026 — 14 August 2026
12 July 2026
Andover, New Hampshire, USA

GRC: Epithelial Stem Cells and Niches

Organ Function and Multi-Organ Communication

Conference
23 August 2026 — 28 August 2026
26 July 2026
Barcelona, Spain

European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research 2026

The European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research (ENPER) is the oldest international conference series that serves as a central platform for scientists investigating plant membrane dynamics and functions.

Conference
26 August 2026 — 28 August 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria

September 2026

CSHL: Translational Control

Topics:
  • Initiation
  • mRNA Turnover
  • RNA Regulatory
  • Ribosome
  • Development / CNS
  • Disease and Viruses
  • Regulation
  • Elongation and Termination
Conference
1 September 2026 — 5 September 2026
12 June 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

CSHL: Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity

The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular, and genetic aspects of cell migration, axon guidance, synaptogenesis, and developmental plasticity of neural connectivity.

Conference
8 September 2026 — 11 September 2026
19 June 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

CSHL: Mechanisms of Aging

The meeting will explore the regulation and function of genes and processes that are now known or suspected to control cellular and/or organismic aging.

Conference
22 September 2026 — 26 September 2026
3 July 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

October 2026

CSHL: Germ Cells

The specific goals of this conference are to bring together a diverse group of scientists studying various molecular, cellular and genetic aspects of germ line and gamete development.

Conference
6 October 2026 — 10 October 2026
17 July 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

November 2026

CSHL: Cell & Membrane Fusion

This meeting will bring together researchers from disparate areas with a common interest in fundamental processes in cell-cell, virus-cell, and membrane fusion.

Conference
11 November 2026 — 14 November 2026
21 August 2026
CSHL, NY, USA

December 2026

UK Membrane Trafficking

Annual membrane trafficking meeting in London

Conference
15 December 2026
15 December 2026
King's College London, UK

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Updated on 18 August 2025